Journal article
Manipulating the size distribution of supported gold nanostructures
Abstract
Gold nanostructures, with a wide size distribution, are confined between a metal foil and the oxide substrate upon which they were formed. When heated the surface energy gradient between the oxide and foil results in a net migration of gold atoms from the nanostructure to the foil. With time, the nanostructures show a size reduction and a narrowed size distribution. The narrowing results from the formation of foil contact points with only the …
Authors
Sundar A; Hughes RA; Farzinpour P; Gilroy KD; Devenyi GA; Preston JS; Neretina S
Journal
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, No. 1,
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Publication Date
January 2, 2012
DOI
10.1063/1.3675569
ISSN
0003-6951